Joseph Sydney Yorke
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Family and early life
Yorke was born in
Promotions
Yorke was promoted to
Yorke moved to
Knighthood and flag rank
Yorke was knighted during this period of service, on 21 April 1805, by
Joseph Yorke was promoted to
Parliamentary career
Yorke stood as a candidate for the constituency of
Family and personal life
On 29 March 1798, Yorke married Elizabeth Weake Rattray, the daughter of James Rattray, in Ireland. Elizabeth died on 20 January 1812.[1] They had the following children:
- Charles Philip Yorke (1799–1873), Admiral in the Navy, succeeded as 4th Earl of Hardwicke
- Henry Reginald Yorke (1803–1871), Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Canon of Ely
- Eliot Thomas Yorke (1805–1885), barrister and MP
- Grantham Munton Yorke (1809–1879), Dean of Worcester
- Agneta Elizabeth Yorke (died 1851), married Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, banker[19]
On 22 May 1813, Joseph married a second time, to Urania Anne, the Dowager Marchioness of Clanricarde, and daughter of George Paulet, 12th Marquess of Winchester, at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London. The marriage did not produce any children.[1]
Death
On 5 May 1831 Yorke was returning from visiting Henry Hotham's flagship, HMS St Vincent, then moored at Spithead. He was making his way back to shore aboard the yacht Catherine, in company with Captains Matthew Barton Bradby and Thomas Young, and a seaman named John Chandler, when the boat was struck by lightning in Stokes Bay, causing it to capsize.[1][20] All aboard were drowned. The bodies were later recovered and an inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.[1] Yorke was buried at the family tomb in the parish church at Wimpole, close to Wimpole Hall, the seat of the Earls of Hardwicke.[1][21]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t United Service Magazine. pp. 215–217.
- ^ "No. 16352". The London Gazette. 17 March 1810. p. 406.
- ^ James, William (1824). "Vol. 5". The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in February 1793, to the accession of George IV in January 1820; with an account of the origin and progressive increase of the British Navy. London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy. pp. 333–335.
- ^ "No. 15809". The London Gazette. 21 May 1805. p. 683.
- ^ "No. 15800". The London Gazette. 23 April 1805. p. 550.
- ^ "No. 16632". The London Gazette. 11 August 1812. p. 1584.
- ^ "No. 16821". The London Gazette. 4 December 1813. p. 2432.
- ^ "No. 16906". The London Gazette. 7 June 1814. p. 1187.
- ^ Rodger, p. 69
- ^ "Sainty, JC, Lord High Admiral and Commissioners of the Admiralty 1660–1870, Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660–1870 (1975), pp. 18–31". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "No. 16972". The London Gazette. 4 January 1815. p. 19.
- ^ "No. 17505". The London Gazette. 12 August 1819. p. 1446.
- ^ "No. 18709". The London Gazette. 23 July 1830. p. 1539.
- ^ "No. 13217". The London Gazette. 10 July 1790. p. 433.
- ^ "No. 15497". The London Gazette. 13 July 1802. p. 747.
- ^ "No. 15976". The London Gazette. 18 November 1806. p. 1506.
- ^ "No. 16366". The London Gazette. 1 May 1810. p. 644.
- ^ "No. 18719". The London Gazette. 20 August 1830. p. 1783.
"No. 18802". The London Gazette. 10 May 1831. p. 901. - required.)
- ^ Laughton, ODNB
- ^ "Melancholy Death of Sir Joseph Yorke 1768–1831". The Times. 9 May 1831. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2008. (Announcement in The Times, p.3, reproduced at www.wimpole.info
Sources
- "The Services of the late Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke". The United Service Magazine. 1831. pp. 215–217.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30244. The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Offices of State. Lavenham: T. Dalton Ltd. ISBN 0900963948.